Ryzilynt, that was interesting.
I enclosed the pup and dropped in meat then built a temporary platform against a tree so I could see in the enclosure later but as I did my 2 grown ups got attacked by a brute which killed both I thought, --- Bath tub i killed the mongrel of cause and stomped on his corpse, well what he left .
well days past and a wolf was wondering at the base i was finishing, and it turned out it was one of the parents so only lost one. later went back to get the pup which had grown up so a happy ending.
I like the idea of leaving pups every where now i heard what Ryzilynt said ha ha and hope to leave the forest full of friendly wolves.

It'll fend for itself fine in forest and meadows. Drop off a few more and you'll have a semi-feral breeding population out there.

The pups will typically stay quite near to where they were born, until adulthood, when they'll start chasing wildlife everywhere.

If you return after the pup grows up, it'll remain tame, and you can then give it the usual stay/follow commands. At that point, you can bring it back home.

When they are young they tend to run away from enemies until they are fully grown, I've seen my 1 star pups do that a few times. except I breed them in the open, no pen, so they spread out everywhere. Also pretty sure I had 1 or 2 give birth while on a copper mining run when I took half a dozen with me to watch my back for grey dwarfs, lol. Came back a few days later & there were a few misplaced wolves roaming around attacking things.

You know, a fun fact of why the mind does that for video games is because the mind doesnt make the difference between video games and real life. ^^

YOU put that line there. Turns out all those memories are as real to your brain as the ones where you fell in the cereal aisle and overturned half the shelves. That said, that sounds like a fun way to keep the population in the woods under control.

the greater good woulda been to let both parents there with the cub the hardest choices require the strongest will

pity we can't name them so would know if left which one is your grown up wolf.
I will fence the 3 off around the pup and feed them then return, oh that won't work there will be another pup.
well just fence off the pup and see what happens thanks for the replies

we'd run around with packs of wolves through the forest and our roads we'd made. There would be pups born all over the place. Realized eventually that they grow up when you are not around. Went deep into the woods near a castle we built to farm some wood at night. Noticed that I had wolves defending me while I cut. Didn't take them there. pretty cool.

Edit : I made it a mission to tame a 2 star and replace our entire population.